Daniel Sauter

Dr. iur. Attorney-at-Law | Senior Counsel  
daniel.sauter@staiger.law | +41 (0)58 387 80 00 |

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Daniel Sauter has many years of experience in the area of company law, commercial law and the law governing corporate groups. He has advised on numerous mergers, takeovers and restructurings of international corporate groups. In this regard, he deals with cartel law, competition law and cross-border data protection law. For an international industry, banking and leasing group, he deals with quantitative selective distribution systems, financing agreements, leasing agreements and the related collateral agreements. He also advises on the introduction and implementation of cash pool structures. Apart from his activities as counsel at STAIGER, Daniel Sauter also serves on the board of directors of various companies.

Additional Engagements

  • Member of the Board with various companies
  • Independent real estate entrepreneur

Practice Areas  

Corporate Law

Languages  

German, English, French

2013Of counsel at STAIGER Attorneys at Law Ltd
1991Partner at Staiger STAIGER Attorneys at Law Ltd
1988 – 1991Associate at Gayler, Hegetschweiler & Partner, Zurich
1986 – 1988Associate in a law firm, Zurich
1984 – 1985Associate, Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, Attorneys-at-Law, San Francisco
1983 – 1984Associate, at Gayler, Hegetschweiler & Partner, Zürich
1983Admission to the Bar, Zurich
1982Doctor of Law, University of Zurich
1981Associate in a law firm, Zurich
1979 – 1980Law Clerk at the District Court, Pfäffikon
1978Licentiatus iuris, University of Zurich
1973 – 1978Law School, University of Zurich 

 

 

 

 

 
 
  • Zurich Bar Association (Passive Member)
  • Swiss Bar Association (Passive Member)
  • Association of Banking Law
  • Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
  • Chamber of Commerce Germany-Switzerland

Anti-Trust Aspects of Swiss Law   
1997 - paper delivered at a conference of European Lawyers

Employement Law- Special Report from Switzerland  
1996 - Benefits & Compensation International, Pension Publications Ltd.

Selected Problems of the Multiple Delivery Contract  
1982 - Doctoral thesis, Schulthess Polygraphischer Verlag